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Chonté Long

• • Production Assistant
  • Lighting Tech
  
  District of Columbia
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• Education

  Year	Qualification	Where
  1994	Literary/Media	Duke Ellington School of the Art

  About me

  I have been involved in some aspect of show business for most of my life, having grown up with a musician father, attending a school for the arts-majoring in media, my ten-year tenure as an administrative assistant at the Motion Picture Association and freelancing as a stagehand for several event production companies. In my spare time I enjoy sewing my own clothing, accessories and costumes. I have always enjoyed the creative process and making/building things with my hands and working within this industry is an extension of that for me.

  I welcome the opportunity to learn new things, meet new people and to provide the best possible event production support.

  Please feel free to contact me at your earliest convenience and I look forward to speaking with you further.

  Additional Information

  2007 – 2017

  Assistant to VP of Administration, Motion Picture Association of America

  - Coordinated travel arrangements for Vice President

  - Contacted member company studios regarding payment of outstanding invoices and collected 20% of overall

  delinquent payments

  - Maintained office calendar and scheduled departmental meetings using Microsoft Outlook

  - Scheduled film screenings on behalf of our six-member studios (20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Sony

  Pictures, Universal Studios, Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros.) for viewing by press and theater owners

  - Prepared weekly spreadsheets for billing of departmental meetings and press and trade screenings using

  Excel

  - Maintained log of incoming/outgoing Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) and 35mm film prints for both MPAA

  screenings and screenings at the White House

  - Prepared time-and-attendance sheets for payroll using Microsoft Word

  - Provided coverage for front desk receptionist; greeted guests upon entry to building and suite

  - Balanced office checking account and prepared expense reports; prepared vendor invoices for payment using

  Microsoft Dynamics GP

  10/2006 – Present

  Stagehand

  • Provide(d) production assistance (steel scaffolding build, staging, carpentry, décor, lighting, audio and LED video wall panel installation) for the following production companies for concerts, corporate and special events:

  Charm City Crewing Co./Conder Inc. – deadmau5 / CUBE V3-2019 Tour @ The Anthem, Moonrise Festival 2019, Beyonce/Jay-Z’s On the Run II 2018, Billy Joel at Camden Yards 2019, 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Taylor Swift Reputation Tour 2018, Chromeo @ 9:30 Club 2018, 2020 Republican National Convention at White House and Mellon Auditorium, The Daily Show Presents: The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library, June 2019.

  Rhino Staging – Cirque Du Soleil “Volta” 2019, Aerosmith “Deuces Are Wild” Tour 2019 @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor, The Isley Brothers and WAR @The Theater at MGM National Harbor 2019, Brian Wilson “Greatest Hits” 2019, Mariah Carey “All I Want for Christmas Is You” Tour 2019

  RSMediaOne - Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) 2019

  CTD Productions Inc. - Capital Pride 2019 Festival and Concert, White House State Dinner w/ Australia Prime Minister 2019

  The Fillmore – part-time in-house stagehand/spotlight operator

  International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees /Local22 - WWE Monday Night Raw at Capital One Arena, March 2020

  Referees

  Rashad Rowe – Supervisor, I.M.P **contact removed** Tim Conder – owner, Charm City Crewing Company/Conder Inc., **contact removed** **contact removed**

  Anna Epstein - Rigging Manager/Production Coordinator, Rhino Staging, **contact removed**

  Bobby Hicks – owner, Custom Crewz, **contact removed**

• Skills

  Years in industry

  • 6+ years

  Experienced in

  • Live TV
  • Music

  Interested in

  • Animation
  • Arts
  • Commercials
  • Documentary
  • Film (Feature)
  • Film (LB)
  • Film (Short)
  • Live TV
  • Magazine
  • Music
  • Television

  Languages Spoken

  • English

  Own a car?

  • No

  Driving Licences

  • Standard

  Organization/Union Membership

  • IATSE

  DBS checked

  • No